The Gazette 1961 - 64

£12 izs. od. was all that was payable. It was argued by the lessor's solicitors that the word " stamped " in clause 2 (&) did not cover adjudication which was instead covered by the words " or incidental thereto ". The lessee's solicitors contended that the obligation to stamp and register could not be carried out unless the lease was first adjudicated and that the lease, being one of many granted by the lessor, they must have known that adjudication was required and a specified fee should have been included in the contract if it was intended to claim one. The Council on a report from a committee decided that the lessor's solicitors were not entitled to the extra fee of £4 45. od. claimed in respect of the adjudication of the deed as it is included in the agreed fee of £12 125. od. lessor's costs to be paid by the lessee under clause 2 (b) of the contract. Recovery of a gaming debt. A member was instructed by a client to recover a gaming debt due to him by a bookmaker and advised that no action lay. The Society has advised members in the past that the institution or threat of such proceedings is unprofessional. Member referred to the statement to that effect in the Society's GAZETTE for February, 1958, and enquired if there would be any objection to his writing on the instructions of his client to the bookmaker concerned stating that he had received instructions to oppose the renewal of the bookmaker's licence failing payment of his client's claim. The Council on a report from a committee stated that there could be no objection to member writing to the bookmaker on the client's instructions stating simply that he had received instructions to oppose the renewal of his licence. MARCH yTH: The President in the chair, also present Messrs. Thomas A. O'Reilly, Desmond J. Collins, George G. Overend, Niall S. Gaffney, John J. Nash, Edward Dillon, Desmond Moran, Raymond A. French, Peter D. M. Prentice, Edmund Hayes, James R. C. Green, Thomas J. Fitzpatrick, Dinnen B. Gilmore, Ralph J. Walker, Peter E. O'Connell, John C. O'Carroll, Reginald J. Nolan, Timothy J. C. O'Keeffe, Francis Armstrong, Augustus Cullen, John Maher, Robert McD. Taylor, John Carrigan, William A. Osborne, Rory O'Connor, Patrick O'Donnell, Eunan McCarron, James W. O'Donovan, Patrick Noonan, Gerard M. Doyle, Richard Knight, Charles Hyland, George A. Nolan, Brendan A. McGrath, Daniel J. O'Connor. Examination results The report of the Court of Examiners on the results of the preliminary, first and second Irish and

first law examinations was adopted and the results declared as follows : At the preliminary examination for intending apprentices to solicitors held on the jth and 6th days of February the following candidates passed : Passed with merit: Charles C. R. M. Staunton. Passed: Andrew J. O. Donnelly, Conor C. Foley, Oliver Mullen. 4 candidates attended ; 4 passed. The Council has awarded a Special Certificate to Charles C. R. M. Staunton. At examinations held on the ist February under the Solicitors Act, 1954, the following candidates passed : First examination in Irish: Philip Brady, Eric Brunker, Oliver D. Byrne, Rosemary Caine, David Cox, Brian A. Gartlan, James Heney, Roger F. Hurley, Pamela M. F. Hussey, Richard V. Lovegrove, Donal T. McAuliffe, Paul M. McLoughlin, Michael J. McMenamin, Michael Second examination in Irish : Patrick J. Connellan, Joseph T. A. Deane, James N. Dudley, Thomas D. Durcan, John Vincent Glynn, John Gore-Grimes, John Paul Hayes, Michael B. Hegarty, Peter ]. McMahon, Patrick F. O'Donnell, William F. O'Driscoll, Anna M. O'Shea, Austin Turnbull. 13 candidates attended; 13 passed. At the first law examination for apprentices to solicitors held on the 4th and jth days of February, the following candidates passed : William M. Cahir, Thomas W. Enright, Yvonne Fagan, Sarah Gallian, Thomas F. Griffin, Michael B. Hegarty, Declan J. Howley, Eugene P. Hunt (B.A.), Kieran C. McDermott, Cyril M. Osborne, Mary B. Raleigh (B.A.), John J. Rochford (B.C.L.), lan A. Scott, John R. Sweeney, Austin Turnbull, Brendan D. Walsh. J. D. Mangan, Brendan O'Mahony. 18 candidates attended ; 15 passed. A report from the Compensation Fund Committee recommending payment of claims made against the fund was adopted unanimously. Solicitor incurring expense on behalf of client. Disclosure of client's name and address Members acted for plaintiffs in proceedings for negligence in February, 1957. For the purpose of the proceedings they required an account for the 81 26 candidates attended ; 16 passed. The Centenary prize was not awarded. Compensation Fund payments